Using Synergies to Save: Cellulosic Ethanol & Power Plant Co-Location

Biofuels Digest
June 28, 2010
By Frances Williams, Novozymes

New reports surface almost daily that add to ethanol’s credibility as a fully viable energy alternative. Last week at the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop, POET – the world’s largest ethanol producer – shared the results of an independent lifecycle analysis which concluded that ethanol produced by Project LIBERTY (POET’s first planned cellulosic ethanol plant) will reduce carbon emissions by 111% over gasoline.

This means that POET’s cellulosic ethanol actually results in negative emissions – offsetting more greenhouse gas emissions than it produces. And a new report released by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) concludes that current ethanol plants yield “a substantial net energy gain.”

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